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Essay Instructions: Deductive and Inductive Theory Construction

You need to develop theories using each kind of reasoning about organized crime.

DEDUCTIVE LOGIC AND THEORY BUILDING

1.The sociological topic is CRIME. DEVELOPE a theory about the topic.

2. EXPLAIN what the theory will address.

3. SPECIFY the range of phenomena to which the theory applies. WHO: All people? Adults age 18 and older? Women only? Canadians only? WHEN: In 2010? In 1920? Over the past five years? WHERE: In the United States? In urban areas? In North Carolina?

4. Derive ONE PROPOSITION and ONE HYPOTHESIS (specific, comparative, and testable statement). Be sure the hypothesis reflects a specific relationship between two variables. Example: Proposition = gender is related to feminism. Hypothesis = younger women are more likely to be feminist than older women.

5. IDENTIFY the independent variable and the dependent variable in the hypothesis. What are the attributes of the independent variable? What are the attributes of the dependent variable?

INDUCTIVE LOGIC AND THEORY BUILDING

1. Select one of the following empirical generalizations or select a generalization that is related to the topic. Make sure it is VERY SPECIFIC.


2. DESCRIBE the specific behaviors or statements made by people that might lead to the empirical generalization you selected. That is, make up 3-5 possible concrete observations that would lead you to make that particular empirical generalization.

3. CONSTRUCT a reasonable theory for the empirical generalization. The theory should be a systematic explanation for the empirical generalization and the observations that led to the generalization, and it should be broader than the empirical generalization so that it could also apply to other situations.

PLEASE write the paper in paragraph form CONSTRUCTED in the manner of how the questions have been presented to you., i.e. 1,2,3,4,5..etc.

Use as many resources as necessary only.

Essay Instructions: This is Psychology Assessment class. Define and describe deductive and empirical strategies for the construction of structured personality tests. Discuss the MMPI-II and the NEO Personality Inventory with the above strategies.
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Deductive and Inductive Theory Construction



1. IDENTIFY a sociological topic that INTERESTS YOU you (e.g., poverty, religiosity, feminism, occupational success, etc.). PRETEND you are going to develop a theory about the topic.

2. EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR THEORY WILL ADDRESS. It might be factors promoting religiosity, why some people are more feminist than others, or why some people are more successful in their occupations than others, etc.

3. SPECIFY THE RANGE OF PHENOMENA to which your theory applies. WHO: All people? Adults age 18 and older? Women only? Canadians only? WHEN: In 2010? In 1920? Over the past five years? WHERE: In the United States? In urban areas? In North Carolina?

4. DERIVE ONE PROPOSITION and ONE HYPOTHESIS (specific, comparative, and testable statement). Be sure your hypothesis REFLECTS A SPECIFIC relationship between TWO VARIABLES. Example: Proposition = gender is related to feminism. Hypothesis = younger women are more likely to be feminist than older women.

5. IDENTIFY the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE and the DEPENDENT VARIABLE in the hypothesis. WHAT are the ATTRIBUTES of the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE? What are the attributes of the DEPENDENT VARIABLE?

INDUCTIVE LOGIC AND THEORY BUILDING

1. SELECT one of the following empirical generalizations or select a generalization that is related to the paper topic. Make sure it is very specific like the following examples.

a. women like coed dorms more than men do
b. students prefer male instructors over female instructors
c. older people are more likely to vote Republican than are younger people

2. DESCRIBE the specific behaviors or statements made by people that might lead to the empirical generalization you selected.

MAKE UP up 3-5 possible concrete observations that would lead you to make that particular empirical generalization.

3. CONSTRUCT a reasonable theory for your empirical generalization. Your theory should be a systematic explanation for your empirical generalization and the observations that led to the generalization, and it should be broader than your empirical generalization so that it could also apply to OTHER situations.

Essay Instructions: a) Explain the differences between the extrinsic and intrinsic approaches to the classification of accounting system.
*b) Outine and evaluate ONE classification system of each type of approach
c) Assess the usefulness of such classifucation to our understanding of accounting internationally in 2009


Various methods of classifying accounting system have been developed
*a) Summarise and evaluate one classification system that use the deductive approach
*b) Summarise and evaluate one classification system that use the inductive approach
c) Discuss the merits and drawbacks of classifying accounting system.

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